Brake wheel



March 25 192% 31,488,355

B KADEL BRAKE WHEEL after described and EL, O]? BALTORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOB TO THE '1. H. SYMINGTON' To all whom z'tmay concern Be it known that 1, Brass W. KADEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brake Wheels; and I do hereby declare the follo wing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it a pertains to make and use the same.

Tlils invention relates to hand brake wheels, and, more particularly stated, resides in the production of a'pressed metal hand wheel adapted to be connected to the brake shaft of railway cars for applying the brakes by'hand. 1

-The present invention has for an object the provision of a strong, durable and inexpensively manufactured hand wheel of relatively light weight and maximum strength value.

Another object of the invention is to provide a pressed metal hand brake wheel formed of either a single disk or complementary sections, each of which latter is formed with inner and outer rim portions connected by reinforced spoke members, said inner rim portions and spoke members being interconnected with a hub section in such a manner as to materially reduce the shear strains upon the rivets connecting the inner rim portions to the hub, when the wheel is turned under the resisting strains of applying the brakes.

With these and other objects in view the invention further-consists in the construc tion and arrangement of the parts hereinpointed out in the claims. v L

In the accompanying drawings wherein I have illustrated an embodiment of my invention: Figure '1 is a top plan view of a hand brake wheel constructed in accordancewith my invention;

Figures 2 and 3 are plan views of complementary sections forming the wheel, each. section comprising each view being shown detached. 7

Fi re 4 is a top lan view of the hub mem r adapted to t the upper end of a brake shaft.

Figure 5 'is a vertical sectional view OF YORK, ELY

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1922. Serial no. a'sazsa Figure 7 is a vertical sectional view on the hue 7-7 of Figure 1, illustrating the joint and rivet means connecting the overlagping portions of the outer rim sections. igure 8 is a detail cross sectional view on the hne 88 of Figure 1, through the hand gripping portion of the outer rim of the w ee Figure9 is a detail cross sectional view on the line 9-9 of Figure 1, through one of the spokes uniting the outer and inner rim portions of the wheel.

Referring to the drawings wherein corresponding reference characters designate my improved hand brake wheel is shown as formed of two complementary sections 1 and 2 adapted to be connected to each other,- and to a wheel hub member 3, the latter fitting the upper end of the usual railway car brake shaft, not shown. I

The'wheel hub member 3 is preferably a drop forging and is provided Wlth an opening 4 preferably of tapering square formation, as shown, and into which the squared end of the brake shaft is fitted. The body portionof the wheel hub member is relatively thick and near the top portion there-' of is providedwith an outwardly extending flange 5 having a fiat upper face, to which latter the inner rim portions .ofthe hand wheel sections are connected. The flange 5 is provided with a plurality of openings 6 adapted to receive the rivet connecting means, and arranged intermediate said openin are upwardly projectin ribs 7 preferab y. extending radially of t e body portion of the hub to the edge of said flange. The ribs 7 are designed to engage mating portions rovided onthe comp ementary sections orming the brake wheeliand rovide an interlocking means between the hu mem- The sections 1 and 2' shown in Figures 2 to the be subsequently connected together by rivets,

bolts, welding or in any other approved manner. The com lementary wheel sections 1 and 2 being of s milar construction in the present embodiment of my invention, a descri tion of but one section 'will be given. Eac wheel section includes an outer rim portion '8 preferably pressed into semi-circ'ular shape in cross section, as shown In Figure 8, said outer rim forming the hand gripping portion of the wheel. The inner rim portion 9 of the wheel is preferably flat, said inner rimbeing adapted to be connected to the upper face of the flange 5 by means of rivets 10. Overlaging joints are provided for the respective on s of the inner rim portions of the complementary sections, certain of the rivets 1'0 serving to firmly unite the overlap ed rim portions to each other and fl dnge of t e hub member. The overlapping end portions are slightly oifset to rovide for a comparatively simple and neat oint, as shown. I

The respective ends of the outer rims 8 of the'com lementary wheel sections are firmly united means of rivets 11, said rivets passing t rough the overlap ed portions of the rim, as clearly shown in igure 7 The overlapped portions are preferably ofi'set, thereby roviding smooth and uniformly horizonta outer rlm portions to be gripped by the hands when turning the wheel. The joints uniting the complementary wheel sections to each other and to the wheel hub member are preferably located upon a single diameter passing through the wheel, althou h the respective 30ints may be staggere or otherwise arranged as desired.

The inner and outer rim ortions 8 and 9 of each com lementary w eel section are united b s o lres 12, each of said spokes being pre era 1y reinforced by a corrugated P01131011 shown in the form of a projecting rib 13 pressed upwardl from t e blank. The rib portion of eac spoke is located longitudinall ing obvious t at a plurality of said ri may be provided and t eir location cha ed as may be desired for effectively rein orcing the brake wheel. Each rib on said spokes forms a complementary ortion for engagthe mating rib 7 on't e hub member, inter ocking meansthereby being provided in 'eonjunctmn with the connecting rivets for efiectively joining the wheel sections and hub member together. The rib. portions of and centrally thereof it be- 1 ,caaiee the spokes preferably extend the full length thereof, as shown, said ribs acting to provide a vertical stiffness for the wheel.

The several parts of a hand brake wheel constructed in accordance with my present invention can be inex nsively manufactured and easily assemb ed, the rim portions of the complementary wheel sectionsbeing ,preferably first united, and said sections then positioned upon the upper face of the flange 5, rivets or other means connecting said wheel sections to the hub. The interior wall portions of each of the spoke ribs snugly fits over the projecting rib 7 of the hub member and ass1sts the rivets in taking the shear forces incident to turning the wheel when applying the brakes.

Such changes m construction and assembly as properly fall within the scope of m invention may be made and I do not Wis to be understood as limitin the brake wheel to the particular form 0 complementary sections and attaching means therefor, shown and described.

I claim: a

1. .The combination with a brake shaft hub member, of a hand brake wheel formed of pressed complementary. metal sections, each having an outer rim ortion forming a hand grip and an inner hu attaching portion, spoke members uniting said portions of each complementary section, and rivet means rigidly connecting said sections.

2. The combination with a brake shaft hub member, of ressed metal hand brake wheel sections eac ,comprisin an outer rim portion adapted to be gripped by the hand and an inner rim portion, means connectin said inner rim portion of each section to sai hub member and to each other, and means connecting the outer rim portions ofnsaid brake wheel sections.

3. The combination with a brake shaft hub member, of pressed metalhand brake wheel sections formed with inner andouter rim portions, spokes unitingv said rim portions, rivet means connecting the respective inner rim portions of said sections to the hub member, and rivet means uniting the respective outer rim portions of said sections.

4. The combination with a brake shaft hub member, of pressed metal handbrake wheel sections, one of said sections having a portion adapted to overlie an adiacent portion of anot or section on a sing e diameter passing through said wheel, and rivet means r1 'dly connecting said overlying portions 0 said sections.

5. The combination with f a brake shaft hub member, of a pressed hand wheel comprising complementary metal sections, each section being formed'with inner and outer rim portions arranged mating ortions o the adjacent section, means apted ,to engage and interlock said 'to overlap similar hub member and inner rim portions, andmeans connecting the respective inner and outer rim portions of said complementary sections.

6. The combination with a wheel hub having a flange, of a pressed metal hand wheel having inner and outer rim portions, the outer rim portion being semi-circular in cross section and the inner rim portion being relatively fiat and adapted to be connected to said flange, means connecting said inner and outerrim portions, and interlocking means connecting said pressed metal hand wheel and hub.

7 The combination with a wheel hub, of a relatively light pressed metal hand wheel having outer and inner rim portions, means connecting said inner rim portionto said hub, and interlockingmeans rovided between said pressed metal han wheel and said hub for reducing the shearing strains on said connecting means.

8. The combination with a wheel hub, of a relatively light pressed metal hand Wheel having inner and outer rim portions, reinforcing means connecting said rim portions, means connecting said inner rim portion to said hub, and means interposed between said hub and said reinforcing means for reducing the shear strains on the means connecting said inner rim portion with the hub.

9. A hand brake wheel including in combination a plurality of pressed metal sections each comprising an outer rim, an inner rim and corrugated s okes uniting said rims, and a wheel hub mem ber to which each inner rim is attached, said hub member having portions adapted to engage the corrugations on said spokes.

10. A hand brake wheel including in combination a plurality of pressed metal sections, each of said sections comprising an outer rim, an inner rim and reinforced spokes uniting said rims, means connecting said outer rims of said metal sections, a Wheel hub member and means attaching said inner rim portions to the wheel hub member, said means including a plurality of rivets and interlocking devices, said interlocking devices engaging the reinforced spokes and being arranged intermediate said rivet attaclnn means.

7 11. hand brake wheel including in combination a plurality of pressed metal outer and inner rim sections, corru ated spokes uniting said sections, a wheel hub member, and means attaching said hub member to said inner rim sections, said means including a plurality of ribs adapted to engage the respective corrugations in said spokes.

12. A hand brake wheel including in combination a plurality of pressed metal outer and inner rim sections, spokes integrally uniting said sections, a wheel hub member, and means connecting said hub member to the inner rim section, said means includin interlocking devices extending radially o the wheel and en aging said spokes.

13. A hand bra e wheel including in combination a plurality. of pressed complementary metal. sections, each section comprising outer and inner rim portions, anda plurality of corrugated spokes integrally uniting said rimportio'ns, rivet means connecting said sections together, a wheel hub member connected to the inner'rim ortions by some of said, rivets, and means fc'z'arried by said wheel hub member adapted to engage the corrugations in said" spokes, said means serving to reduce the shear strains on' the rivets and connecting said inner rim portions of the complementary sections to the wheel hub member.

14. A pressed metal hand brake wheel including in combination a hand gripping portion ofsemi-circular cross section, a relatively flat inner rim portion, a brake shaft hub member provided with an annular flange having a flat face, means connecting said inner rim portion/to said flat face, and means interlocking said inner rim portion to said flange for reducing the shear strains on the aforesaid means connecting the inner rim portion to the flange.

15. A pressed metal hand brake wheel including in combination, a relatively light hand wheel having outer and inner rim portions, a plurality of ribbed spokes adapted to unite said rim portions, a hub member having complementary ribs engaging said ribbed spokes, and means interlocking said ribbed spokes with the ribs of said hub member.

16. A pressed metal hand brake Wheel including in combination, a relative] light hand wheel having outer and inner rim portions, means uniting said rim portions, said means including a ribbed reinforced portion, and a hub member having a complementary rib portion adapted to engage said first named rib portion.

17. A pressed metal band wheel'comprising a hand gripping section having'a plurality of radially disposed ooves, a hub member, and means carrie by said hub member adapted to be fitted within the grooves of said hand gripping section for rigidly connecting the hub member thereto.

18. A pressed metal hand wheel comprising a hand fgripping section having a series of grooves orming recesses, a hub member, and means rigidly connecting said hub member and hand gripping section, said means projecting from the upper surface of the hub member and being adapted to fit within the recesses of the hand gripping section, said means serving to uniformly resist shear strains incident to the turning of the wheel.

In testimony whereof I atlix mv si ature.

BYERSI' W. KA EL. 

